2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 20 Executive Branch 20 ILCS 3953/ Government Buildings Energy Cost Reduction Act of 1991.
(20 ILCS 3953/1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9801)
Sec. 1.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Government Buildings Energy Cost Reduction Act of 1991.
(Source: P.A. 87‑852.)
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(20 ILCS 3953/5) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9805)
Sec. 5.
Findings and declaration.
The General Assembly finds that
utility services and energy represent a significant and growing cost to the
State and elsewhere in the public sector of Illinois; that opportunities
exist to significantly reduce the operating costs of government buildings
and other facilities in Illinois through the application of energy
conservation measures; and that it is in the public interest to provide for
the planning and technical analyses necessary for cost effective energy
conservation measures and for additional and alternative methods of
financing energy related improvements in such buildings and facilities.
It is therefore declared to be the policy of the State of Illinois to
establish interagency and intergovernmental programs for the purpose of
deploying cost effective energy conservation measures and technologies to
minimize energy consumption and costs.
(Source: P.A. 87‑852.)
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(20 ILCS 3953/10) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9810)
Sec. 10. Definitions. "Energy conservation project" and "project
designed to reduce energy consumption and costs" mean any improvement,
repair, alteration or betterment of any building or facility or any
equipment, fixture or furnishing to be added to or used in any building or
facility that the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has determined
will be a cost effective energy related project
that will lower energy or utility costs in connection with the operation or
maintenance of such building or facility, and will achieve energy cost
savings sufficient to cover bond debt service and other project costs
within 7 years from the date of project installation.
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.)
(20 ILCS 3953/15) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9815)
Sec. 15. Creation. There is created within State government the
Interagency Energy Conservation Committee, hereinafter referred to as the
Committee. The Committee shall be composed of the Secretary of Human
Services and the Directors of the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Department of Central
Management Services, the Department of Corrections, the Illinois Board of
Higher
Education, and the Capital Development Board, or their designees. The
Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall serve as
Committee chairman, and the Committee's necessary staff and resources shall be
drawn from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
(Source: P.A. 94‑793, eff. 5‑19‑06.)
(20 ILCS 3953/20) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9820)
Sec. 20. Powers and duties. The Interagency Energy Conservation
Committee shall have the authority:
(a) To prepare an annual assessment of opportunities for energy cost
reduction in State owned and leased buildings and facilities designated by
the committee. Each assessment shall be completed by September 15 of each
year, beginning in 1992, shall be available to the public and shall include:
(1) data on energy consumption and costs for each |
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State building and facility designated by the committee for the preceding 5 years and anticipated energy consumption and cost data projected for the next 3 years;
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(2) energy conservation measures deployed in State
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buildings and facilities designated by the committee during the preceding year;
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(3) evaluation studies of the cost reductions and
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other benefits realized through the deployment of such measures; and
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(4) energy conservation opportunities (based on
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audits, technical analyses or other methods of determining such opportunities) and associated energy saving operation and maintenance procedures and capital projects for each State building or facility designated by the committee.
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(b) To conduct such surveys, audits, technical analyses and other
research or investigations as may be necessary to support the preparation
of the annual plan and the objectives of this Act.
(c) To review all proposed capital projects and energy cost operating
budgets of State agencies designated by the committee and
recommend energy conservation measures which would reduce operating costs
in buildings or facilities affected by such capital projects.
(d) To develop, after study of existing or emerging energy conservation
technologies, guidelines as may be necessary or desirable to further the
objectives of this Act or to aid the work of the Committee.
(e) To provide, at the request of the Secretary of State, the
Architect of the Capitol, or any
other officer or entity of State
government, technical and consultative assistance concerning energy cost
management or conservation.
(f) To annually recommend to the Governor by November 15, beginning in
1992, specific operations and maintenance procedure modifications and
capital projects for State owned and leased buildings and facilities
designed to reduce energy consumption and costs.
(g) To issue a report to the Governor and General Assembly by March 31
of each odd‑numbered year, beginning in 1993, describing the status of
government building energy cost reduction and management efforts in the
State, listing obstacles to building energy efficiency improvement together
with related recommendations for statutory change, and identifying
opportunities for public sector energy cost reductions not addressed by
this Act or the programs developed pursuant hereto.
(Source: P.A. 93‑632, eff. 2‑1‑04.)
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(20 ILCS 3953/60) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 9860)
Sec. 60.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
(Source: P.A. 87‑852.)
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